he asked me what i thought of Jon Gotti
i didn't think about Jon Gotti
so i asked if we could rephrase the question as:
what do you think about the mafia mentality?
and he said that worked just fine
but my response was "i just don't know"
i was only there to watch the basketball game
so he told me a story
i think it took place in the 70's
he and some some friends
went to Howards Beach for a BBQ
they rode their bikes
into Jon Gotti's block party
so Jon Gotti walked up to them with a body guard
and asked them why they were there
and did Steven know who he was?
Steven did not
so Jon Gotti said, 'I'm Jon Gotti'
Steven's hot headed friend Hector behaved like a saint
and Jon Gotti liked how well behaved everybody was
so he got them plates of food to eat
when they finished, Jon Gotti suggested
they get the fuck off his block, and they did
the telling of that story must have reminded Steven
of the story he told next: back in middle school
he'd been good friends with a girl named Antionette
just friends - he ate dinner at her house sometimes
her brother Timmy was out of jail (for killing people)
and they dined together a couple times
then one day some girls beat up Antionette at school
Timmy said he would handle it
the parents said, 'no Timmy! let us handle it!'
but Timmy went to the middle school the next day
(he was about 25 years old)
and he brought a bullhorn
he said, 'i wanna know who beat up my sister'
several times
this happened in Bay Terrace
a teacher came out
he said, 'are you the principal of this school?'
she said no, so he said
'get her out here right now or i'm gonna blast the shit out of this school with my gun!'
so she got the principal
but then someone called the police!
so the prinicpal was out there with Timmy
and then a million cop cars arrived
they tried to re-arrest Timmy
but he said 'if anybody shoots, i'll kill the principal'
so all the cop cars drove away
"they all drove away?"
"yup"
Steve laughed and sipped his beer
"so he got away?"
"MOST of the cop cars drove away, but some stayed"
so what happened?
"Timmy used the principal as a hostage until he got into his car and drove away"
"did they ever get him?"
"I'm sure they probably did"
Later Steven told me about the time he met Stevie Wonder
it was at a music festival
Stevie came out to talk to the fans
it was great
and then someone tapped Steven on his shoulder
while he was mid conversation with Stevie
she said, 'do you know who i am?'
and Steve was so amazed, he said 'yes!
you are Diana Ross!' and that was how
he met Diana Ross, right before he met
Gladys Knight.
